Adrian Beltre doubled off Dodgers right-hander Kenta Maeda in the fourth inning Wednesday night for his 3,090th career hit, pushing the Rangers third baseman past Ichiro Suzuki for the most hits by a foreign-born player.

Interestingly, MLB.com noted, the milestone hit came almost exactly 20 years after Beltre got his first hit in the same ballpark, Dodger Stadium while batting eighth as a 19-year-old rookie for the home team on June 24, 1998.

Before Wednesday's game, Beltre, 39, had downplayed the impending record, focusing more on Suzuki, whose career ended earlier this season.

"I don't keep track of those things, but I'm very humbled to be able to catch someone who has been playing this game so long and had so many hits each year," said Beltre (via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram), who was teammates with Ichiro from 2005-09. "I played with (him for) five years, and he was 200-plus hits every year. I've played longer for sure, but it's a nice accomplishment."

Beltre also has the most hits of any active player. Only he and Angels' Albert Pujols (3,031) are members of the 3,000-hit club. Hall of Famer Rod Carew (3,053) stands between Pujols and Ichiro on the foreign-born players hits list.

Beltre moved into 21st on the MLB hits list and shows little sign of slowing. After Wednesday game, he's slashing .313/.373/.425 this year.